34 players have been named to the roster that will be at the US orientation camp, to take place from August 17th-19th. Many college players are represented. They are:
Goalies – Ryan Miller (Michigan State), Tim Thomas (Vermont), Jonathan Quick (UMass),
Defensemen – Tom Gilbert (Wisconsin), Ron Hainsey (UMass-Lowell), Erik Johnson (Minnesota), Jack Johnson (Michigan), Mike Komisarek (Michigan), Paul Martin (Minnesota), Brooks Orpik (Boston College), Brian Rafalski (Wisconsin), Rob Scuderi (Boston College), Ryan Suter (Wisconsin), Ryan Whitney (Boston University)
Forwards – David Backes (Minnesota State), David Booth (Michigan State), Chris Drury (Boston University), Ryan Kesler (Ohio State), Phil Kessel (Minnesota), Ryan Malone (St. [...]

I was out of town over the weekend, so I didn’t get to watch any of the NHL draft coverage. Although the first day was pretty light on the NCAA action, tons of college kids, and future college kids, were taken in the later rounds.
Let’s get it started with Jordan Schroeder, the first college kid taken at 22 to Vancouver. How his stock slipped so much is beyond me. I wish the Penguins would have traded up to draft him, because those teams in the back half of the top 10 are going to be sorry they didn’t take Schroeder. [...]

Howdy, folks. It’s that time of year again. Every so often The College Hockey Blog will be unveiling our Preseason top 16 teams, one by one. If you want to see the top 16 in order, and links to each individual preview, click the tab at the top of the page. Today’s team is #12 St. Cloud State

Last year I had the Huskies as a top 10 team, noting that not only were Ryan Lasch and Garrett Roe one of the best one-two scoring punches in the country, but that I thought the Huskies would have the secondary scoring needed [...]

Former Wisconsin Badger Dany Heatley has, as you are probably aware by now, requested a trade from the Ottawa Senators. Teams have lined up, taking their best shot at acquiring the winger. According to NHLSnipers.com, here are some of the packages offered up:
Kings: Jack Johnson (Michigan), Alexander Frolov, 5th and 96th picks in 2009 draft.
Blues: Patrik Berglund, Barret Jackman, Aaron Palushaj (Michigan)
Sharks: Milan Michalek, Marc-Edouard Vlasic, Riley Armstrong
Oilers: Dustin Penner (Maine), Tom Gilbert (Wisconsin), Riley Nash (Cornell), 10th overall pick of 2009 draft
Penguins: Chris Kunitz (Ferris State), Max Talbot, Alex Grant, 30th overall pick in 2009
Rangers: Scott Gomez, Ryan Callahan, [...]

Howdy, folks. It’s that time of year again. Every so often The College Hockey Blog will be unveiling our Preseason top 16 teams, one by one. If you want to see the top 16 in order, and links to each individual preview, click the tab at the top of the page. Today’s team is #13 New Hampshire

Honestly, it was tough as all get out to rank teams 13-16. I can’t say I’m terribly excited about this UNH team. They scored 116 goals last year, good for 4th amongst all Hockey East teams. James van Riemsdyk wasn’t their leading goal scorer, [...]

First off, congrats to the Pittsburgh Penguins. Granted I am a bit biased being a Pens fan, but this was one of the most enjoyable playoffs in recent memory. While Evgeni Malkin won the Conn Smythe and Marc Andre Fleury made the biggest save of his life in the waning seconds of game 7, this is about the former collegians who play for the Pens. What follows is a list of the Pens who played college hockey and appeared for the Penguins in their playoff run.
Craig Adams (Harvard, ECAC Hockey)
Bill Guerin (Boston College, Hockey East)
Chris Kunitz (Ferris State, CCHA)
Mark Eaton [...]

Howdy, folks. It’s that time of year again. Every so often The College Hockey Blog will be unveiling our Preseason top 16 teams, one by one. If you want to see the top 16 in order, and links to each individual preview, click the tab at the top of the page. Today’s team is #14 Air Force

Last year Air Force produced an upset in the first round of the NCAA tournament when they defeated Michigan – but it was an upset in name only. After all, this was a team that started out the season 13-0 including two defeats of [...]

I figured I’d toss out some links for some weekend reading.
John Moore may or may not be going to Colorado College (Lets Go DU)
Robert Morris has announced their captains for 2009-10 (RMU Centre Ice)
Eric Kraft is going to Lake State (LSSU Hockey)
Miami released their 2009-10 schedule (MU RedHawks Hockey)
Bob Motzko gets a 6 year extension at St. Cloud (This is the WCHA)